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Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Cawse

Cawse is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Wingstar Investments Pty Ltd 80%; Enigma Mining Limited 20%; Dragon Mountain Gold Limited; Tivan Limited, on 29 current tenements held by ENIGMA MINING LTD; MESMERIC ENTERPRISES PTY LTD; WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTD. Commodities: Nickel, Cobalt, Gold.

MINEDEX project
J01882
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Wingstar Investments Pty Ltd 80%; Enigma Mining Limited 20%; Dragon Mountain Gold Limited; Tivan Limited
Tenement holders
ENIGMA MINING LTD
MESMERIC ENTERPRISES PTY LTD
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTD
Parent groups
Wingstar Investments (Robert Gardner)
Commodities
Nickel, Cobalt, Gold
Rehabilitation liability
Its rehabilitation liability is in the MCF Mining Index (subscribers): the Mining Rehabilitation Fund estimate, its trend since 2014, company provisions and closure-plan costs

Resources and reserves

CommodityResourcesReservesLatest estimate
Nickel176 Mt at 0.69%, 1.2 Mt contained3.76 Mt at 0.65%, 24 kt contained31 December 2011

Current MINEDEX estimates over all the project's sites; resources may include reserves. MINEDEX (DMPE), CC BY 4.0.

Production recorded in MINEDEX

CommodityLatest yearThat yearAll recorded
Nickel20016,436 t14 kt
Cobalt2001774 t1,996 t

Historical: the bulk extract's production records end in 2002.

Mine closure plans

SiteOperatorLatest plan approvedPlan (PDF on GeoDocs)Closure year
CAWSE NICKEL OPERATIONSWINGSTAR INVESTMENTS Pty Ltd18 December 2018MINE CLOSURE PLAN - CAWSE NICKEL OPERATIONS - J01882

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 24/224
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted29 May 2030Nickel, Cobalt, Gold38
M 24/389
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted14 October 2033Nickel, Cobalt40
M 24/517
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted2 January 2039Nickel, Cobalt816
M 24/518
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted2 October 2039Nickel853
M 24/519
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted2 January 2039Nickel, Cobalt933
M 24/520
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted2 January 2039Nickel426
M 24/543
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted2 January 2039Nickel, Cobalt857
M 24/544
Mining lease
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted2 January 2039Nickel, Cobalt701
M 24/547
Mining lease
ENIGMA MINING LTD; MESMERIC ENTERPRISES PTY LTDGranted2 October 2039Nickel687
M 24/548
Mining lease
ENIGMA MINING LTD; MESMERIC ENTERPRISES PTY LTDGranted2 October 2039Nickel990
M 24/549
Mining lease
ENIGMA MINING LTD; MESMERIC ENTERPRISES PTY LTDGranted13 April 2045Nickel, Cobalt966
M 24/550
Mining lease
ENIGMA MINING LTD; MESMERIC ENTERPRISES PTY LTDGranted13 April 2045Nickel, Cobalt765
L 16/63
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2042Nickel, Cobalt1,222
L 16/64
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2042Nickel, Cobalt797
L 16/65
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2042Nickel, Cobalt1,594
L 16/66
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2042Nickel, Cobalt498
L 16/67
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2042Nickel, Cobalt1,394
L 24/30
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted3 January 2047Nickel, Cobalt14
L 24/76
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted14 December 2027Nickel, Cobalt
L 24/113
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted24 October 2028Nickel, Cobalt1
L 24/140
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2031Nickel, Cobalt0
L 24/141
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2031Nickel, Cobalt0
L 24/142
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 March 2031Nickel, Cobalt0
L 24/152
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted9 May 2028Nickel, Cobalt2
L 24/153
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted9 May 2028Nickel, Cobalt1
L 24/159
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted18 January 2031Nickel, Cobalt4
L 24/167
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted24 November 2026Nickel, Cobalt19
L 24/168
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted16 April 2028Nickel, Cobalt93
L 24/185
Miscellaneous licence
WINGSTAR INVESTMENTS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2043Nickel, Cobalt3